• DocumentCode
    996812
  • Title

    Energy balance at arc cathode root on copper with oxide films above 25 nm thickness

  • Author

    Hitchcock, A.H. ; Guile, A.E.

  • Author_Institution
    University of Leeds, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Leeds, UK
  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1977
  • Firstpage
    172
  • Lastpage
    173
  • Abstract
    Energy-balance components are evaluated for an emitting site on a copper cathode with lOOnm-thick oxide film, and show Joule heating to be more important than positive-ion bombardment, which confirms a filamentary switching model.
  • Keywords
    arcs (electric); oxide coated cathodes; Cu cathode; Joule heating; arc cathode root; energy balance components; filamentary switching model; oxide films;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19770126
  • Filename
    4249272
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=996812